Festival of the Spoken Nerd will be appearing at The Amaz!ng Meeting Saturday July 18th for our evening program. TICKETS $25Don’t miss stand-up mathematician MATT PARKER, experiments maestro STEVE ‘DANGER’ MOULD and geek songstress HELEN ARNEY in “The nerd show to end all nerd shows” **** (The List)This “Resplendently geeky trio” (The Times) have already wowed sold-out theatres, comedy clubs and science festival across the UK with their unique mix of real science and irreverent British humour. In a show that electrocutes pickles (for science), sings cryonic love songs to Walt Disney and does things with spreadsheets that are illegal in 17 countries, you’re guaranteed an hour of high class entertainment for nerds and non-nerds alike.“Great, funny, clever… even the heckles at this terrific show are smart” **** (The Scotsman)Whether you loved or loathed your high school science class, Festival of the Spoken Nerd will feed your brain, tickle your ribs and light your Bunsen burner. Full Frontal Nerdity guaranteed!More at festivalofthespokennerd.comtwitter: @FOTSN

The one and only George Hrab is our multi-talented emcee again this year at The Amazing Meeting. Geo is the preeminent skeptical, pro-science, rational, podcasting musician, and you know what a competitive group THAT is!

Geo plays multiple instruments, sings, writes songs (and haikus), produces, composes, and makes videos. He never fails to delight the TAM audience year after year with his original works created just for TAM.

George did this video for the opening of TAM last year. What will he do this year? Come to TAM to see.

Hear Randi talk about his life and travels and the importance of continuing the fight against charlatans and misinformation. Finally, they share the importance of getting minority populations into skepticism.

As you probably know by now, James "The Amazing" Randi officially retired earlier this year. He is of course planning to join us for TAM in July which will be the last time he officially hosts this conference. If you haven't already, please register today and join us for this auspicious occasion to be with Randi and wish him well.

Mr. James Randi will be featured several times throughout TAM. Below are a few of the highlights:

Friday, July 17th12:45-2:00pmVIP Lunch with special guest James Randi - proceds to benefit JREF

3:00-4:00pmPanel discussion with James Randi on the life and legacy of Martin Gardner

Saturday, July 18th3:00-3:30pmAn Interview with James RandiPresenters: James Randi, Jamy Ian Swiss

7:00PM-9:30PMThe Amaz!ng CelebrationA cocktail reception and tribute to the Amaz!ng James Randi.

The Society's founder, Simon Singh, will be at TAM this year to talk about skeptical activism and also be part of the special math-themed session in honor of Martin Gardner.

Simon will be presenting on the main stage as an individual speaker as well as on a panel discussion. Simon will also be hosting a panel during the workshop session with Sharon Hill and Susan Gerbic on Practical Skepticism — Promoting Everyday Good Thinking. You can see the tentative schedule here.

Gapminder, founded in Stockholm by Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and Hans Rosling in 2005, is a non-profit venture promoting increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.All three founders will be at TAM this year to speak on the project to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand. Gapminder started the Ignorance Project to investigate what the public know and don’t know about basic global patterns and macro-trends. Surveys are used to ask representative groups of people simple questions about key-aspects of global development. When large knowledge-gaps are found, teaching materials can be developed in those areas.
Check out Hans' talk on TED.

While waiting to say his 4 lines each week on the ill-fated 2003 NBC Drama Mister Sterling, Dean Cameron received email from a Nigerian con-artist posing as the wife and son of a dead Nigerian leader. After writing back as a sexually confused Florida millionaire, whose only companions being his cats, houseboy and personal attorney Perry Mason, Dean embarked upon a 9-month correspondence with the con-man. With Victor Isaac as the bewildered and tenacious Nigerian, the duologue, taken from the actual email, documents the hilarious relationship as it descends into a miasma of misunderstanding, desperation, and deception.

Friday, July 17, 2015Skeptics Guide to the Universe Benefit Dinner6:00-9:00pm Featuring the award-winning Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast for a two-hour stage show celebrating science, skepticism, and everything geeky (including the ever-popular quiz show). Best of all, tickets are open to the general public; conference registration is not required to attend! Featuring: Dr. Steven Novella, Robert Novella, Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein

Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, MERCHANTS OF DOUBT takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver- tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.

Admission is free for conference registrants.

Saturday, July 18, 2015The Amaz!ng Celebration: A cocktail reception and tribute to the Amaz!ng James Randi7:00pm-9:00pm

Join us as we pay tribute to our James Randi, one of the foremost thought leaders in the skeptic movement and founder of The Amaz!ng Meeting. This special reception will honor Randi and his amazing legacy with guest appearances by special friends and colleagues and remarks from Randi himself. Non-conference attendees are welcomed to attend. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar are included.

This “Resplendently geeky trio” (The Times) have already wowed sold-out theatres, comedy clubs and science festival across the UK with their unique mix of real science and irreverent British humour. In a show that electrocutes pickles (for science), sings cryonic love songs to Walt Disney and does things with spreadsheets that are illegal in 17 countries, you’re guaranteed an hour of high class entertainment for nerds and non-nerds alike.

“Great, funny, clever… even the heckles at this terrific show are smart” **** (The Scotsman)

The James Randi Educational Foundation will pay US$1,000,000 (One Million US Dollars) to any person who demonstrates any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability under satisfactory observation. Join us as this year’s challenger is tested LIVE ON STAGE! Over a thousand people have applied to take the challenge, but none have yet been successful. Is 2015 the year where someone claims the prize?! Join us to find out!

For the first time ever (that we know of), both "Science Babes" are on the same stage. Only at TAM13!

The vibrant and enthusiastic Deborah Berebichez (http://www.thesciencebabe.com/) was the first Mexican woman to ever complete a Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University. She also has a Bachelors degrees in both philosophy and physics. She is a fantastic speaker - with experience in professional theater and television. In her scientific career, she is an expert in wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. She invented a new technique to localize wireless signals in specific locations in buildings.

Yvette d’Entremont (http://www.scibabe.com/) is a bold and witty chemist and skeptical superhero, the arch nemesis of the Food Babe, busting pseudoscience with a combination of real science and humor. Yvette holds Bachelors degrees in theatre and chemistry, and an Master of Science in forensic science specializing in biological criminalistics.

Appearances of both women commanding the TAM stage is NOT to be missed.

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> James Randi is a retired stage magician and scientific skeptic best known for his challenges to paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.

> Sharon Hill, content editor, is the founder of Doubtful News, a news site that links synopses and commentary to original news sources, as well as provides additional information to assess critically the claims made in the media.